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There should be a disclaimer under that particular signature that reads "Unless said woman / child happens to be curently located in a womb"

We watched videos in my Anatomy Class about abortion. It was saddening. The video included each different method of abortion. They were all horrible and brutal.

And I am in total agreeance with what you both have said.

I'm not even all that religious and I still think having an abortion is wrong.

One does not have to be riligious to disagree with abortion. Many are pro-life becuae they feel this is th eonly life we have an that it is a crime agianst all of humanity to deny any one the experiences (be they good or bad) that life affords. Other feel that every living being has a right to exist.

aha, the old "it could have a bad life" thing... a "bad" life is better than none at all

Because the mentality we're given is that women NEED abortion to be as good as men.

Without abortion, women have no way to get out of pregnancy and fall behind in the workplace, which means reduced pay. They can lose scholarships for being pregnant. They've been fired for being pregnant. It's driven people to think that a woman's uterus is a weakness, instead of focusing on what it really is...a strength. Women who don't have abortions are "selfish" and "don't deserve help. They brought it on themselves."

Many feminists cling to the idea that abortion allows us to be equal to men and it drives me crazy. Abortion does NOT allow us to be equal to men; in fact, saying we need abortions to do what men do puts women below men by making them rely on a medical procedure. It takes responsibility of conception away from males and puts it soley on women so that we now bear the burden of sex more greatly than before. A world where the most appealling choice we can offer women is to have them pay for the deaths of their children isn't anything but degrading. A world which refuses to put women's needs first and instead says, "this is easiest for me, so do it," is degrading to women. It's starting to improve, but not quickly enough. Turning women against their offspring should be a crime. The people who say, you can't do this without having an abortion, no matter how well-intentioned, are underestimating the strength that all women naturally possess by necessity.

I don't think I'd be quite so pro-life if I was a man. I wouldn't feel insulted every time someone told me that women NEED abortion for anything other than a life or death situation. I wouldn't be so angry that people turn their efforts and funds into killing humans rather than solutions where both women and their offspring could live happily and with a higher quality of life. It wouldn't make me as mad that child predators smuggle kids to abortion clinics every day to get rid of their mistakes. It wouldn't make me so furious when guys tell me they're pro-choice not because they respect a woman's body but because they don't want to be fathers.

I agree. That's ridiculous. I guess you can sort of say that abortion is not actually murder (which is totally is) but I really don't understand how killing a child is good for them. o.O;;

That's like saying the death penalty is fun for the prisoners. It's an absurd notion to entertain.

Wow. That's horrible. G-d should be doing the judgement, not us. It isn't our place. o.O;;;

Agreed.

EDIT: I know this is off-topic. But I just joined the guild, and I was wondering...do ya'll have any other banners beside the one in my sig? Like, i've seen some other interesting ones, that I think came from this guild, and I was just wondering where I might find them. If you know....?